Development of a Virtual Reality Spatial Retraining Therapy to Improve Neglect in Stroke Survivors (VR-SRT)

Kessler Foundation

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Spatial Neglect; Stroke

Treatments: Other: VR Therapy Game

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04793516

E-996-17

Details and patient eligibility

About

Participants in this study will help test and develop a virtual reality (VR) system that is being designed to help people with spatial neglect after stroke.

Full description

Participants in this study will be tested to see if they have spatial neglect after their stroke, and the severity of such. Spatial neglect is a disorder that may occur after a stroke that leads to a person paying more attention to one side of their body over the other. Each testing session, they will perform paper and pencil neglect tests before and after playing a VR video game that is being designed as a potential future treatment. They will also give feedback on the game after the session is over. People who have spatial neglect after stroke are encouraged to apply.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Read and speak English fluently
• Have a history of one stroke event that injured one cerebral hemisphere
• Presence of moderate to severe spatial neglect

Exclusion criteria

• History of progressive neurological disorders
• History of significant psychiatric disorders
• History of vestibular disorders
• Living outside a 50-mile radius of Kessler Foundation (located in West Orange, NJ)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

VR-based spatial retraining

Experimental group

Description:

Game-like therapy activities will be taken place in a virtual environment, provided through an immersive head-mounted display.

Treatment:

Other: VR Therapy Game